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[12], lvij, [5], lix-cccl, [2] leaves : 31 cm (fol.)
Sometimes attributed to Johann Stump, and also to a Dominican, Hamelmann. Cf. Die Chroniken der niederrheinischen Stadte, v. 2, p. 211-212
Place, date of publication, and printer from colophon (nn4 recto): ... Ind hait gedruckt mit groissem ernst ind vlijss Iohan Koelhoff Burger in Coellen. ind vollendet vp sent Bartholomeus auent des hilligen Apostels Anno vursz ..
Year of publication from leaf nn3 verso
Signatures: [superscript pi]A-B⁶, A-I⁶ K¹⁰ L-Z⁶ a-d⁶ e⁴ f-z⁶ aa-nn⁶ (nn5, nn6=blank).
Median folio, double columns in table, otherwise single column, A4 (i.e. fol. 16) recto: 50 lines plus headline, 242 (253) x 155 mm; types: 290 (larger headings and title), 150(b) (lesser headings and headlines), 96 (text); some initial spaces with guide letters, printed lombards elsewhere; 92 woodcut illustrations, many of which are repeats
Many errors in foliation
Copies have been variously noted with: sheets K3.8, 4.7, 5.6 in a later setting signed 'kiij', 'kiiij', and 'kv' respectively; a cancel leaf kk5; with the woodcut of an emperor on leaf t3r replaced with the woodcut of a king. See Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke
"Van der boychdrucker kunst" (leaves gg1 verso-gg2 recto) is an early account of the history of printing. Some of the information was supplied by Ulrich Zell, the first printer in Cologne
COPY NOTE: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.403.94 FOLIO imperfect: nn5 and nn6 (both blank) wanting; X5, Z3.4 (double-page woodcut), f1, and g3 inserted from another copy or copies, as determined by smaller leaf size and lack of rubrication, which is otherwise consitent throughout. Woodcuts hand-colored. Initials, headlines, and capital swashes rubricated in red. Fourth leaves of many gatherings signed in an early hand. Leaf dimensions: 299 x 311.
PROVENANCE: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.403.94 FOLIO with dealers' notes and codes at front and back. Early/contemporary marginal annotations, in various hands, throughout. Acquired in March, 1943.
BINDING: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.403.94 FOLIO bound in ca. 16th-century blind-tooled pigskin over wooden boards. Original bosses, cornerpieces, clasps, and catch plates removed. Spine unlabeled. Leaves from a medieval gradual or antiphonary serve as pastedowns.
[12], lvij, [5], lix-cccl, [2] leaves : 31 cm (fol.)
Sometimes attributed to Johann Stump, and also to a Dominican, Hamelmann. Cf. Die Chroniken der niederrheinischen Stadte, v. 2, p. 211-212
Place, date of publication, and printer from colophon (nn4 recto): ... Ind hait gedruckt mit groissem ernst ind vlijss Iohan Koelhoff Burger in Coellen. ind vollendet vp sent Bartholomeus auent des hilligen Apostels Anno vursz ..
Year of publication from leaf nn3 verso
Signatures: [superscript pi]A-B⁶, A-I⁶ K¹⁰ L-Z⁶ a-d⁶ e⁴ f-z⁶ aa-nn⁶ (nn5, nn6=blank).
Median folio, double columns in table, otherwise single column, A4 (i.e. fol. 16) recto: 50 lines plus headline, 242 (253) x 155 mm; types: 290 (larger headings and title), 150(b) (lesser headings and headlines), 96 (text); some initial spaces with guide letters, printed lombards elsewhere; 92 woodcut illustrations, many of which are repeats
Many errors in foliation
Copies have been variously noted with: sheets K3.8, 4.7, 5.6 in a later setting signed 'kiij', 'kiiij', and 'kv' respectively; a cancel leaf kk5; with the woodcut of an emperor on leaf t3r replaced with the woodcut of a king. See Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke
"Van der boychdrucker kunst" (leaves gg1 verso-gg2 recto) is an early account of the history of printing. Some of the information was supplied by Ulrich Zell, the first printer in Cologne
COPY NOTE: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.403.94 FOLIO imperfect: nn5 and nn6 (both blank) wanting; X5, Z3.4 (double-page woodcut), f1, and g3 inserted from another copy or copies, as determined by smaller leaf size and lack of rubrication, which is otherwise consitent throughout. Woodcuts hand-colored. Initials, headlines, and capital swashes rubricated in red. Fourth leaves of many gatherings signed in an early hand. Leaf dimensions: 299 x 311.
PROVENANCE: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.403.94 FOLIO with dealers' notes and codes at front and back. Early/contemporary marginal annotations, in various hands, throughout. Acquired in March, 1943.
BINDING: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.403.94 FOLIO bound in ca. 16th-century blind-tooled pigskin over wooden boards. Original bosses, cornerpieces, clasps, and catch plates removed. Spine unlabeled. Leaves from a medieval gradual or antiphonary serve as pastedowns.
Notes
Torn page on leaf 285
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